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DENTON TARVER: Today on Urban Gardener--
we're headed to a Brooklyn patio garden.
This wall this extraordinary.
It starts from the floor and goes as high
as anybody can reach.
It contains all levels of plants, all kinds of blooms.
We have vines.
Even trees.
This looks like we have a bunch of different kinds of
vines growing up here.
They've all been put together in a really interesting way.
If you look at this wall long enough, you keep seeing new
things that jump out at you, which is really interesting,
especially in a small space like this.
This is called nasturtium.
But it has these interesting round leaves.
It's really beautiful bloom, which is also edible.
MALE SPEAKER: This was our rooftop, and for the first
year, we never used it 'cause it would get too hot.
Eventually, I was like, I'm gonna bite the bullet and
spend the money and build a deck.
c This wall is aluminum siding.
And as you can see, it's really boring.
And that's my window right there.
That's where we started.
DENTON TARVER: So you made a little bed.
MALE SPEAKER: A little bed--
DENTON TARVER: And then you started layering up.
MALE SPEAKER: Yes.
Yes.
DENTON TARVER: And now we have vines everywhere.
MALE SPEAKER: This whole thing, actually,
has a lot of purpose.
There used to be a couple that sat in that window all the
time looking over here.
DENTON TARVER: A little leering going on.
MALE SPEAKER: So I wanted to block them.
So this is like a privacy wall.
This is what I call my rock garden.
It reminds me of a quiet corner.
I spent hours chiseling holes in the rock.
DENTON TARVER: Oh, wait, you made this?
With the rock here?
MALE SPEAKER: Yeah.
DENTON TARVER: Well, it seems like you have
everything in here.
Are you like a garden MacGyver or something like that?
MALE SPEAKER: Kind of.
I work with small spaces as a living.
Every time I shopping for plants, I'm
shopping for myself.
I like to go a lot to vintage shops, garage
sales, Salvation Armys.
You never know what you can find.
And that's where you find all this interesting stuff.
It's all about keeping it tight
and keeping it organized.
DENTON TARVER: See you next time, on Urban Gardener.
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